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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Drivers of Sustainability Transitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Bismark Asante, Gabriel Eweje   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque, Saadia Irfan, Linh Thi Tue Tran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coverage and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine against malaria in pregnancy in Côte d’Ivoire five years after its implementation

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends for sub-Saharan Africa a package of prompt and effective case-management combined with the delivery of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp ...
Offianan A Toure, Penali L Kone, M’Lanhoro AA Coulibaly, Berenger AA Ako, Eric A Gbessi, Baba Coulibaly, Landry T N’ Guessan, David Koffi, Sylvain Beourou, Adama Soumahoro, Issiaka Bassinka, Messoun Nogbou, Tidjane Swa, Bernadin Gba, Beugre Esmel, Ernestine M Bokossa   +15 more
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From Global Standards to Local Compliance: Implementation Heterogeneity in Cocoa Certification in Indonesia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certified companies translate voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) into local practice, yet little is known about how company‐level implementation of VSS relates to farmer compliance. This paper examines Rainforest Alliance (RA) implementation by three certified companies in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Drawing on compliance and regulatory
Charline Depoorter, Janne Bemelmans, Eva Boonaert, Axel Marx, Miet Maertens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated with Hepatic Fibrosis During Metabolic Steatopathy In Abidjan

Health Research in Africa
RÉSUMÉ Introduction. Le faible nombre d’études sur les facteurs de risque de la fibrose hépatique dans la stéatopathie métabolique (NAFLD) en Afrique subsaharienne nous a conduit à initier ce travail dont le but était de déterminer les facteurs associés
Kouamé Hatrydt Guillaume Dimitri, Doffou Adjéka Stanislas, Tchouamo Eric Gildas, Yao- Bathaix Fulgence Mammert, Yao- Bathaix Fulgence Mammert, Lohouès-Kouacou Marie-Jeanne, Yao- Bathaix Fulgence Mammert   +6 more
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Mild Hydrothermal Stabilization: An Innovative Technology for Improving Whole‐Grain Rice Quality in West Africa and Elsewhere

Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Whole‐grain (brown) rice has superior nutritional quality but is prone to rancidity, primarily caused by endogenous lipases and oxidases. This study evaluated mild hydrothermal stabilization (MHS), comprising grain surface wetting, followed by short‐duration atmospheric‐pressure steaming, applied to two West African ...
Sali A. Ndindeng, Erasmus N. Tang, Johnes N. David, Walter R. L. De Man, David Kamau, John R. N. Taylor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The EU Deforestation Regulation: Challenges, Opportunities and the Potential Impacts on the Producing Countries of Cocoa and Coffee

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a policy that prohibits access to the EU market for commodities that are linked to deforestation. We did a systematic review to understand perceived challenges, opportunities and potential impacts of the EUDR on producing countries of cocoa and coffee.
Alexi Van Loco, Marco Campera
wiley   +1 more source

A novel real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of the four main causes of bacterial meningitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Current multiplex assays cannot detect all four World Health Organization priority pathogens for meningitis diagnosis (Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus agalactiae).
Kanny Diallo, Tiemele Laurent Simon Amoikon, Kouassi Firmin Missa, Kolotioloman Jérémie Tuo, Odile B. Harrison, Martin C.J. Maiden   +5 more
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La migration du peuple Sokya de Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]

Pensées Genre, Penser Autrement
La Côte d'Ivoire compte plus de 60 ethnies réparties en quatre grands groupes : Gour, Mandé, Akan et Krou. Le peuple Sokya, l’un des plus petits, fait partie du groupe Krou et vit dans la région du HautSassandra, département de Vavoua.
Lah Louis TUI, Akoua Dibia Marie-Joelle DAPA, Mireille Aya YOBOUÉ, Emmanuel Koya GOMUN   +3 more
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Carbon dioxide emissions and vulnerability to climate change in Africa: How public goods moderate policy syndromes

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and climate vulnerability are major concerns affecting sustainable development in Africa. This study assesses how the provision of public goods moderates the effects of policy syndromes on CO2 emissions and vulnerability to climate change in the continent.
Simplice A. Asongu, Judith C. M. Ngoungou, Thales Pacific Yapatake Kossele   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source